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- Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:10 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: YŠKK YT-VṚḴẔKM (Yaškik Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam) scratchpad
- Replies: 118
- Views: 29585
Re: YŠKK YT-VṚḴẔKM (Yaškik Yat-Vṛḵaẕīkam) scratchpad
Due to the physiological nature of the Khsinesir they had little to no sexual dimorphism, so finding mates was difficult. This makes very-little-to-no sense. Also how did all the different triconsonantal forms develop? And don't say it was always triconsonantal, because that's just a horrible copout.
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 11:57 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Does This Happen in Your Part of the World?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3548
Re: Does This Happen in Your Part of the World?
immediately grandchild! an yogurtR.Rusanov wrote:In Bulgarian reciprocal kinship terms are used. I.e. a grandchild calling his grandpa "dyado" and having himself called the same by his grandfather.
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:04 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Tolkienian fantasy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8466
Re: Tolkienian fantasy
Warhammer. Not a novel, but most of the background material reflects a lot of LOTR/D&D imagery. There are novels derived from it. The Warcraft franchise got started after a deal to do a Warhammer game fell through. It has several novels as well (and mostly non-evil orcs, eventually, which more sett...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:56 am
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Compose key for Windows
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8176
Re: Compose key for Windows
Someone was asking in irc if one could be written in Python, so I figured it pertinent to ask what this one was in.
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 6:15 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: Compose key for Windows
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8176
Re: Compose key for Windows
What's this coded in?
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:08 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Oscan Reconstruction
- Replies: 66
- Views: 33331
Re: Oscan Reconstruction
Most of what I have is from reading through Buck's Grammar of Oscan and Umbian. Umbrian is also an interesting language with some neat innovations, but for now we'll focus on Oscan. Buck wrote that 'Oscan is the Gothic of the Italic dialects. In the conservatism and transparency of its vowel-system...
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:00 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Question for "Zompist" in regards to CSUR
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3937
Re: Question for "Zompist" in regards to CSUR
Did you miss the part where they're not accepting any more?Ahzoh wrote:well that's a shame, as there is absolutely no information in regards to those site on how to submit a conscript to them.
Maybe, I'll have to write an email to one of the founders.
- Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:43 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Question for "Zompist" in regards to CSUR
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3937
Re: Question for "Zompist" in regards to CSUR
It was done for him by enthusiasts, iirc. Back before it was closed.
- Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:13 pm
- Forum: Almea
- Topic: Images of the mētū
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4305
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs...
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30340
Re: If natlangs were conlangs...
The thing that always seems weird to me about Austronesian reconstruction is, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they reconstruct two stop series (say voiced/unvoiced) merging completely in one branch and then randomly splitting again into unvoiced and voiced prenasalised? E.g p, b -> p p -> p, mb ...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:12 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs...
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30340
Re: If natlangs were conlangs...
Proto-Austronesian has several phonemes which are certain, but what they are is by no means clear; I think that's part of what is being referenced.
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:43 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Other linguistic treadmills?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9828
Re: Other linguistic treadmills?
Yes Jay sometimes movies become dated by the passage of time.
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:35 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
- Replies: 3108
- Views: 666163
Re: The "How do You Pronounce X" Thread
/por por por pɑ/
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs...
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30340
Re: If natlangs were conlangs...
And that's why the comparison isn't useful.
- Sun Jan 19, 2014 4:15 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: If natlangs were conlangs...
- Replies: 120
- Views: 30340
Re: If natlangs were conlangs...
I don't think it works like that. It does if you go back far enough, but it's not terribly useful to think of it that way. Well, Theta does have a point with how the roots in any given language besides onomatopoetic ones appear to be completely arbitrary. Natlangs are the holy grail of collaborativ...
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 10:57 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: 2L Monumental Style Conscript: Vines
- Replies: 145
- Views: 47352
Re: 2L Monumental Style Conscript: Squeeze Me Tubers
I knew you'd do a wonderful job on the salsify
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 7:04 pm
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 631507
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
It's sometimes/often said to be [ɯβ], meaning unrounded but with a fricated bilabial release, thus adding some degree of lip-rounding.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:27 pm
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Slang For Penis In Europe
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20305
Re: Slang For Penis In Europe
Rick Perrylinguoboy wrote:Here we also have "Rick" (predominately gay)
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:47 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Other linguistic treadmills?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9828
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:03 am
- Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
- Topic: Sound Change Quickie Thread
- Replies: 2827
- Views: 631507
Re: Sound Change Quickie Thread
If there's space throw in a hʷ stage, otherwise yes.
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:35 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Slang For Penis In Europe
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20305
Re: Slang For Penis In Europe
Perhaps there's enough water under the bridge now that we can reopen the issue of subcultural variation. "Dick" was by far the preferred word in my adolescent milieu. You could say "cock" was a literary variant, a word I didn't really start coming across it until I began consuming pornography. Many...
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:19 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: Other linguistic treadmills?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9828
Re: Other linguistic treadmills?
Which sound changes are unidirectional like the semantic treadmills? 1) Palatalization. (The one-way-ness of it is one of the reasons why I find it unlikely that PIE originally had a separate palatal series to go along with it's velar series.) There's been suggestions (and respected IEists who held...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:57 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The bad maps thread.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 55873
Re: The bad maps thread.
*sheObsequiousNewt wrote:Well played. Although, quite to the contrary, I think even Anguipes would not enjoy drawing several hundred small ↟'s when he could be drawing large elegant ones.Hallow XIII wrote:Anguipes would like a word with you.ObsequiousNewt wrote:But drawing trees is sooooo tiring...
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 4:25 pm
- Forum: None of the above
- Topic: The bad maps thread.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 55873
Re: The bad maps thread.
Not exactly; I recognized that the two were separate areas right from the start, that much is obvious. But I did think the forests were bodies of water, yes.
- Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:21 am
- Forum: Languages & Linguistics
- Topic: The Innovative Usage Thread
- Replies: 2452
- Views: 427042
Re: The Innovative Usage Thread
Yeah. I wrote that in a couple posts, the adjectives might've gotten moved around while editing before posting.